Horatio Hornblower Boxed Set
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Actor: Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Fulford, Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Ronald PickupDirector: Andrew Grieve
Brand: A&E HOME VIDEO
Producer: Andrew Benson
Producer: Delia Fine
Writer: C.S. Forester
Writer: Chris Ould
Writer: Mike Cullen
Writer: Patrick Harbinson
Writer: Russell Lewis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 400 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-01-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
Movie Reviews of Horatio Hornblower Boxed Set
Movie Review: Horatio Hornblower- Excellent Movies
Summary: 5 Stars
In typical Horatio Hornblower style, these movies are excellent. The acting is great, the scenery is great. We watch these movies over and over with our family and don't have to worry about inappropriate words or scenes. HIGHLY Recommended.
Summary of Horatio Hornblower Boxed Set
THE EPIC SAGA OF THE LEGENDARY SEA-FARING HERO COMES TO LIFE IN THESE EPIC FILMS BASED ON C.S. FORESTER'S CLASSIC NOVELS. SET AGAINST THE BLOODY BACKDROP OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS. IT CHARTS A COURSE FOR HIGH ADVENTURE, FOLLOWING THE RAW RECRUIT AS HE BATTLES THE FRENCH, EVADES CAPTURE & RISES THROUGH THE RANKS.Based on the rousing sea adventures in C.S. Forester's novel Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, the four-film television series Horatio Hornblower explores the education of a plucky young officer rising through the ranks of His Majesty's Navy. Ioan Gruffudd is all integrity and honor as the ambitious midshipman who is taken under the stern yet nurturing guidance of Captain Pellew (Robert Lindsay) during the war against France in the French Revolution. Through these four adventures he faces a vindictive senior midshipman ("The Even Chance"); meets his hero, a reckless captain whose unorthodox methods are brave but foolhardy ("The Examination for Lieutenant"); is captured by the Spanish in a desperate maneuver to sneak through enemy lines ("The Duchess and the Devil"); and leads his men to French soil in an ill-planned attempt by French loyalists to start a popular front against the revolution ("The Frogs and the Lobsters"). The excellent re-creations of 18th-century vessels and ship-to-ship battles are astounding and reminiscent of such classic Hollywood seafaring adventures as Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk, not to mention Captain Horatio Hornblower, with Gregory Peck as the only previous screen incarnation of Forester's hero. This mixture of swashbuckling adventure and British naval tradition is leavened with well-placed humor and a cast of colorful characters, but at the heart of the tales is Gruffudd's quick-thinking, courageous Hornblower, a starry-eyed officer with the luck of the gods and the steely determination of an old-fashioned hero. --Sean Axmaker
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